Table 4 Percent distribution of dietary factors of participants
From: Dietary habits and Helicobacter pylori infection: a cross sectional study at a Lebanese hospital
|  | Overall n = 294 | H. pylori (−) n = 140 | H. pylori (+) n = 154 | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Drinking water during childhood | ||||
 Tap water | 123 (41.8) | 60 (48.8) | 63 (51.2) | 0.917 |
 Well water | 40 (13.6) | 18 (45.0) | 22 (55.0) |  |
 Mineral or filtered | 129 (43.9) | 62 (48.1) | 67 (51.9) |  |
Coffee consumption | ||||
 No | 80 (27.2) | 36 (45.0) | 44 (55.0) | 0.535 |
 Yes | 214 (72.8) | 105 (49.1) | 109 (50.9) |  |
Coffee cups/day | 5.48 ± 3.97 | 5.59 ± 4.09 | 5.37 ± 3.87 | 0.682 |
Chilli pepper consumption | ||||
 No | 140 (47.6) | 60 (42.9) | 80 (57.1) | 0.095 |
 Yes | 154 (52.4) | 81 (52.6) | 73 (47.4) |  |
Eating rate | ||||
 Very fast | 83 (28.2) | 45 (54.2) | 38 (45.8) | 0.527 |
 Fast | 68 (23.1) | 29 (42.6) | 39 (57.4) |  |
 Normal | 102 (34.7) | 47 (46.1) | 55 (53.9) |  |
 Slow | 41 (13.9) | 20 (48.8) | 21 (51.2) |  |
Food temperature | ||||
 Cooling/warm | 141 (48.0) | 63 (44.7) | 78 (55.3) | 0.540 |
 Hot | 80 (27.2) | 40 (50.0) | 40 (50.0) |  |
 Very hot | 73 (24.8) | 38 (52.1) | 35 (47.9) |  |
Salt status of dishes | ||||
 Very salty | 41 (13.9) | 18 (43.9) | 23 (56.1) | 0.478 |
 Salty | 126 (42.9) | 64 (50.8) | 62 (49.2) |  |
 Less salty | 66 (22.4) | 27 (40.9) | 39 (59.1) |  |
 Salt free | 61 (20.7) | 32 (52.5) | 29 (47.5) |  |
Frequency of drinking milk | ||||
 None/Less than once per month | 167 (56.8) | 90 (53.9) | 77 (46.1) | 0.030 |
 1–2 times per month | 61 (20.7) | 21 (34.4) | 40 (65.6) |  |
 Once or more per week | 66 (22.4) | 30 (45.5) | 36 (54.5) |  |
Frequency of eating yogurt | ||||
 None/Less than once per month | 36 (12.2) | 12 (33.3) | 24 (66.7) | 0.062 |
 1–2 times per month | 167 (56.8) | 89 (53.3) | 78 (46.7) |  |
 Once or more per week | 91 (31.0) | 40 (44.0) | 51 (56.0) |  |
Frequency of eating salty cheese | ||||
 None/Less than once per month | 31 (10.5) | 13 (41.9) | 18 (58.1) | 0.251 |
 1–2 times per month | 75 (25.5) | 42 (56.0) | 33 (44.0) |  |
 Once or more per week | 188 (63.9) | 86 (45.7) | 102 (54.3) |  |
Frequency of eating red meat | ||||
 None/Less than once per month | 30 (10.2) | 17 (56.7) | 13 (43.3) | 0.140 |
 1–2 times per month | 72 (24.5) | 40 (55.6) | 32 (44.4) |  |
 Once or more per week | 192 (65.3) | 84 (43.8) | 108 (56.3) |  |
Frequency of eating ham | ||||
 None/Less than once per month | 176 (59.9) | 83 (47.2) | 93 (52.8) | 0.774 |
 1–2 times per month | 76 (25.9) | 39 (51.3) | 37 (48.7) |  |
 Once or more per week | 42 (14.3) | 19 (45.2) | 23 (54.8) |  |
Frequency of eating sausages | ||||
 None/Less than once per month | 188 (63.9) | 85 (45.2) | 103 (54.8) | 0.426 |
 1–2 times per month | 81 (27.6) | 42 (51.9) | 39 (48.1) |  |
 Once or more per week | 25 (8.5) | 14 (56.0) | 11 (44.0) |  |
Frequency of eating hot dogs | ||||
 None/Less than once per month | 242 (82.3) | 117 (48.3) | 125 (51.7) | 0.746 |
 1–2 times per month | 33 (11.2) | 14 (42.4) | 19 (57.6) |  |
 Once or more per week | 19 (6.5) | 10 (48.0) | 9 (47.4) |  |
Frequency of eating hamburgers | ||||
 None/Less than once per month | 102 (34.7) | 47 (46.1) | 55 (53.9) | 0.890 |
 1–2 times per month | 107 (36.4) | 52 (48.6) | 55 (51.4) |  |
 Once or more per week | 85 (28.9) | 42 (49.4) | 43 (50.6) |  |
Frequency of eating chicken | ||||
 None/Less than once per month | 13 (4.4) | 7 (53.8) | 6 (46.2) | 0.071 |
 1–2 times per month | 48 (16.3) | 30 (62.5) | 18 (37.5) |  |
 Once or more per week | 233 (79.3) | 104 (44.6) | 129 (55.4) |  |
Frequency of eating fish | ||||
 None/Less than once per month | 21 (7.1) | 9 (42.9) | 12 (57.1) | 0.625 |
 1–2 times per month | 81 (27.6) | 36 (44.4) | 45 (55.6) |  |
 Once or more per week | 192 (65.3) | 96 (50.0) | 96 (50.0) |  |
Frequency of eating green vegetables | ||||
 None/Less than once per month | 12 (4.1) | 6 (50.0) | 6 (50.0) | 0.801 |
 1–2 times per month | 54 (18.4) | 28 (51.9) | 26 (48.1) |  |
 Once or more per week | 228 (77.6) | 107 (46.9) | 121 (53.1) |  |
Frequency of eating tuberous vegetables | ||||
 None/Less than once per month | 61 (20.7) | 28 (45.9) | 33 (54.1) | 0.210 |
 1–2 times per month | 81 (27.6) | 33 (40.7) | 48 (59.3) |  |
 Once or more per week | 152 (51.7) | 80 (52.6) | 72 (47.4) |  |
Frequency of eating grains | ||||
 None/Less than once per month | 28 (9.5) | 16 (57.1) | 12 (42.9) | 0.543 |
 1–2 times per month | 95 (32.3) | 43 (45.3) | 52 (54.7) |  |
 Once or more per week | 171 (58.2) | 82 (48.0) | 89 (52.0) |  |
Consumption of delivery foods or food from outside the house | ||||
 Never | 79 (26.9) | 43 (54.4) | 36 (45.6) | 0.345 |
 Once per week | 164 (55.8) | 73 (44.5) | 91 (55.5) |  |
 Twice or more per week | 51 (17.3) | 25 (49.0) | 26 (51.0) |  |